lork

lork

1. Alternative form of lawks
   • 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     “Lork, Mrs Richards!” cried Miss Nipper, taking up her words with a jerk. “Don’t. See her dear Papa indeed! I should like to see her do it!”
     “Won’t she then?” asked Polly.
     “Lork, Mrs Richards, no, her Pa’s a deal too wrapped up in somebody else, and before there was a somebody else to be wrapped up in she never was a favourite, girls are thrown away in this house, Mrs Richards, I assure you.”

• kröl, Krol

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lork m (plural lorken, diminutive lorkje n)

1. larch (Larix)

• lariks

• Afrikaans: lork